Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 158 Amazing Rewards for the Hunt!
"I rely on!"

The sudden turn of events left the fat man dumbfounded!

At this moment, Cai Cai stood still, her face ashen, unable to move, already under the effect of nerve paralysis. The tongue that had pierced her abdomen contained a deadly poison, and her health bar was dropping rapidly, leaving her with a minor injury in the blink of an eye!
"Pong!"

In a flash, I transformed into a blur, unleashing a burst of energy to lock onto my target and instantly piercing through their body. Then, I turned and slashed out with my sword, a chilling aura surging in my right arm. The icy strike sent the opponent flying, and frost continued to spread!
At this moment, everyone finally saw the other party's true appearance. It was a huge alien creature about three meters tall, with skin like a chameleon that could actually become invisible. As the bone-chilling frost spread, its entire body finally appeared in front of everyone!
The next second, the BOSS's attributes came into view.

【Phantom Lurker】(Purple BOSS)

Rating: 35
Attack: 1200-1400
Defense: 500
Qi and blood: 500000
Skills: [Bio-optical stealth lv8], [Neural paralysis toxin puncture lv8], [Mutant blade armor lv8]

Details: The Phantom Lurker is a mutant among the alien species. It is a species that combines the characteristics of a chameleon, enabling it to achieve optical camouflage and stealth. Furthermore, its tongue has evolved a piercing organ with a neurotoxin, capable of causing fatal damage to targets within ten meters. Since its appearance, the Phantom Lurker has been hailed as a silent killer and humanity's nightmare!
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"beat!"

I raised my hand and threw a Heavenly Creation and Unstoppable Force at the opponent, then switched to my main weapon, the bomb gun, and fired a barrage of bullets at the Phantom Lurker's head. Immediately, armor-piercing bullets pierced through his skull, causing a series of dense damage!
Sure enough, ranged attacks did not stack the damage increase effect of Unstoppable Force, so I switched to Wind Riding Sword and slashed hard!
"Cai Cai!"

Zhang Ruolin provided cover for Cai Cai, holding a shield in one hand and firing at the BOSS's head with a submachine gun in the other: "Retreat quickly and get your health bar back up!"

At this moment, Cai Cai finally woke up from her nerve paralysis. Her face was ashen as she retreated. She used a first aid kit to bring her health bar back to about 50%, then picked up her submachine gun and aimed and fired from a distance!

"Quick, fight quickly!"

While switching magazines, I dodged the BOSS's attacks, using step-slashing and side-moving techniques to run around the BOSS. For a moment, the Phantom Lurker's huge body couldn't easily turn around, letting out a series of roars.

Its body began to evolve continuously, and blade-like shells appeared on its surface. This was the third skill, Mutation Blade Armor, which had a counter-damage effect against melee attacks!

However, our group was attacking with gunfire and we weren't falling for that tactic at all.

"Hiss~~~"

Finally, the Phantom Lurker let out a low growl, and its massive head rapidly split into four mouthparts, with a tongue poised to emerge from the center of the mouthparts!
"careful!"

I quickly pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it into its mouth, shouting, "Ruolin, charge with shield up and burst! Even if we can't interrupt the skill, we have to take this damage!"

"coming!"

Ruolin acted decisively, her body instantly transforming into a blur as she pierced through the BOSS's body. At the same time, she raised her shield, switched to a longsword, and unleashed a smooth combo of basic attack + Dragon Blade + basic attack + Ground Spike Slash + basic attack on the BOSS, immediately drawing the Phantom Lurker's attention to attack!
"puff!"

That wicked tongue shot out again, striking Zhang Ruolin's shield directly. The piercing organ on the tip of the tongue hissed and pierced through the shield in less than a second, then through Zhang Ruolin's abdomen!
"3191!"

This time, the damage was partially blocked by the shield, making it much lighter than the one Cai Cai had taken. As for the remaining poison attack, it was no problem at all for Ruolin's shield-type super weapon; she wouldn't even suffer a minor injury.

"with full force!"

I quickly switched to a full magazine and aimed at the Phantom Lurker's head, unleashing a barrage of fire!

With each attack of armor-piercing rounds, the back of the infiltrator's head was finally ripped open, and sprays of red and white fluid splattered everywhere. It finally felt like a headshot!
"beat!"

The fat guy was holding a blue bomb gun and firing it rapidly. I must say, the damage was quite high, about 50% of mine. Firepower users are indeed very powerful in the early game. As long as you have a suitable weapon, your output can almost surpass that of other classes by a lot!

As for Kou Mei, her eyes glowed with a silvery-white light as she unleashed a psionic attack!

"Shh!"

Strands of psionic vines rose from the ground; these were the psionicist's second job advancement skill, Psionic Chains, which could control the target for 2 seconds!
Unfortunately, perhaps because Koumei's mental strength wasn't high enough, she was directly MISS'd by the BOSS!

With a determined effort, she unleashed a psychic storm that swept across the area!
The attack covered the entire BOSS in a 10x10 area, and damage numbers soared into the air, which was quite considerable!

"1213!"

"1199!"

"1314!"

"1224!"

"1301!"

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Overall, as players level up, improve their skills, and upgrade their equipment, the output of Psionicists, like that of Super Warriors, is gradually increasing. The output of Koumi is already quite good. If her equipment were better, a single skill combo could easily deal tens of thousands of damage to the opponent.

"Hiss~~~"

When the Phantom Lurker's health bar dropped below 30%, it began to wail continuously, and then launched another mouthpiece piercing attack!

This time I didn't give it any chance. I tried to interrupt it with Burst Charge and Chilling Star. As expected, Burst Charge had a low hitbox and the stun effect was missed. But Chilling Star is an S-level control skill. With one strike, it sealed the BOSS's mouth in its throat!
"Full power!"

I immediately switched to the bomb gun and launched another fierce attack, emptying the magazine!

With the combined output of Cai Cai, Fatty, and others, the Phantom Lurker's health bar was on the verge of collapse. Finally, under the onslaught of a series of explosive gun bullets, its head exploded completely, turning it into a corpse that staggered back several steps before crashing to the ground!

Suddenly, a series of dinging sounds came from my ears!
[Congratulations! You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (purple boss) and obtained the item: 1 Boss Ability Crystal!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (purple boss), gaining 520000 character experience points. The Elemental Furnace extracted 260000 experience points!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (purple boss) and received an additional reward: the Resurrection Scroll (S-rank recovery item)!] ...

"what?!"

I was stunned and couldn't believe what I was seeing!
Previously, we cleared out a group of crawlers, and the so-called "reward for the hunt" was actually quite perfunctory. It was basically just an extra 10%-20% of the experience gained from the kill, like giving a beggar a handout.

But the reward for defeating the BOSS was so incredible that it gave me the Resurrection Tome that I had been dreaming of!

Last time, after my first Resurrection Tome was destroyed by players from Ragnarok in Icewind Pass, I felt a lack of security. Now, I've actually been rewarded with a Resurrection Tome through extra raid rewards. This luck is a bit too incredible!

Am I the protagonist of Star Abyss?!

I can't believe it...

"Fuck..."

Beside him, Cai Cai stared in disbelief: "Brothers, guess what I got as a reward for my raid?"

"what?!"

The fat man asked, "Could it be a purple bomb gun?"

"You actually guessed right..."

Cai Cai pulled out a Tier 3 purple bomb gun from her interdimensional storage space. Its firepower was as high as 450-550, which was even 50-50 higher than the Tier 2 purple Hellfire in my hand. With the addition of his Tier 3 Firepower Hand skill, wouldn't that firepower be insane?!
In addition, Cai Cai's shooting level is also quite good. After all, she is a firepower expert who has been fed a lot of bullets. Although she is not as high as me, she is definitely one of the best players at this stage. With high-level shooting skills, the power that this gun can unleash will be quite terrifying!
Congratulations, Cai Cai!

I laughed and said, "Finally, I have a handy weapon! That's great!"

"Okay, thanks, boss!"

Cai Cai said, "To be honest, if it weren't for you, Boss, overseeing things, I would probably have died from the Phantom Lurker's tongue kiss, let alone get any reward for defeating it!"

"You've got some conscience after all. Treat me to dinner when you make some money!"

"We absolutely have to eat!"

"what about you?"

Ruolin asked, "What are the rewards for the remaining people's BOSS raids? I only get a bunch of experience points."

"Me too……"

The fat man and the girl nodded repeatedly.

After thinking about it, I decided to tell everyone. So I took out the Resurrection Tome and said, "I was lucky. Maybe it's because of my high damage output. The extra reward for the raid gave me a Resurrection Tome."

"Holy crap, the Resurrection Scripture..."

Cai Cai's eyes were full of envy: "Awesome... Boss's luck is just unbelievable."

"Yeah, just lucky."

I nodded: "However, with the Resurrection Scripture, the margin for error has increased. I can work more diligently on the front lines, which will greatly reduce the risk of death for you guys."

"Correct!"

Ruolin nodded emphatically and smiled, "Ding Han having the Resurrection Scripture is a good thing for all of us. Our team's margin for error will be greatly increased as a result!"

"that……"

Cai Cai said, "There are also BOSS power crystals from the Phantom Lurker reward. Let's open them all and then head out. Fatty, can I borrow some bomb gun bullets? I want to have some fun first."

"Sure, no problem!" The fat man was very straightforward with his own people.

The next moment, I opened the interdimensional storage space and took out a shiny purple power crystal. After opening it, my eyes lit up and my heart started pounding!
Congratulations! You have successfully opened your [BOSS Ability Crystal] and obtained the item: [Roarer MP25 Submachine Gun] (Quality: Purple)!

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"Om~~~"

My mind went completely blank again, out of control!
I'm so lucky this time! I even got another purple submachine gun, which is exactly the equipment I need right now!

I hurriedly opened my interdimensional storage space and took out the new weapon. The dazzling purple light almost blinded my pay-to-win eyes!

[Roarer MP25 Submachine Gun] (Quality: Purple)
Rank: Tier 3

Basic parameters: Firepower 400-500, Rate of fire 800 rounds/minute, Magazine capacity 50 rounds, Attack range 150 meters

Strength: +30
Physical strength: +28
Weight: 3.3KG
Blessing: Continuous firing; attack damage increased by 20% during continuous firing.
Blessing: Critical Strike - Once a shot triggers a critical hit, it will increase the damage of shots by 100% for the next second.

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(End of this chapter)